Marie Paul-Lachaud
Since 2013, Dr. Marie-Paul Lachaud has served as Head of Program Management Europe at Aratana Therapeutics Inc.. Her responsibilities include coordinating the process leading to regulatory approval by the European Medicines Agency for Aratana’s products, most recently GALLIPRANT.
Since 2009, Dr. Lachaud has also provided services to the veterinary pharmaceutical industry as an experienced independent consultant, with a specific focus on international clinical development and registration of animal drugs.
From 2000 to 2008, Dr. Lachaud was the European Animal Health Director at ICON Clinical Research in Paris, France. In 1990, she co-founded PROTOCOLE, the first European veterinary consultancy and Contract Research Organization dedicated to veterinary drug clinical development and regulatory affairs, which was acquired by ICON in 2000.
Throughout her career, Dr. Lachaud has been involved in transitioning human drugs to meet unmet needs in veterinary medicine. Her work has resulted in significant companion animal health product approvals in Europe and the United-States in a number of innovative therapeutic areas, including reproduction, atopic dermatitis, chronic heart failure, wound healing, chronic kidney disease, acute and chronic pain, obesity, inappetence, cancer, cognitive dysfunction and anxiety-related disorders.
She received her veterinary degree from Alfort National Veterinary School in Paris and her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Paris, France.
Anthony Roberts
Anthony is responsible for the delivery of the strategic ambition to become a Royal College with leadership and innovation at its heart.
Leadership work includes the implementation of a programme to support the next generation of veterinary leaders and develop leadership opportunities across the veterinary professions, and the completion of the RCVS governance review to ensure that we are an effective and efficient organisation, better able to lead the profession and serve the needs of the public.
Innovation incorporates the development of initiatives to ensure the veterinary professions are at the centre of innovation in the animal health sector, to position the professions as open to innovation, and to ensure the RCVS serves to foster innovation whilst continuing to protect animal health and welfare.
Anthony also leads the development and delivery of a programme of work to prepare the College and the profession for the impact of Brexit and the implementation of evidence-based measures to drive the transition to a supportive ‘learning-culture’ in the veterinary professions.
Anthony has worked at the RCVS for seven years and has been responsible for delivering key projects such as the First Rate Regulator Initiative (2012/13) and the launch of the new Practice Standards Scheme (2015). Prior to joining the RCVS Anthony worked in public affairs and media relations at the British Plastics Federation, the trade association for the UK plastics industry.
Anthony holds an MBA from Warwick Business School (2016), an MA (Hons) in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Edinburgh (2004) and the CIPR Diploma in Public Relations (2009).
